Ping An gains ground in China
Ping An, Chinas second largest life insurer, romped home in the first half of 2011, reporting a net profit of…
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2010 UK life and critical illness payouts just under £2bn mark
Payments by UK insurers against claims under life and critical illness (CI) policies in 2010 totalled £1.916bn ($3.1bn), an increase…
ByCambodia to get first life insurance company
The new company, to be named Cambodian Life Insurance, is an initiative of the Cambodian government which will retain 51%…
ByEducation and income affects worker insurance decisions
From an education perspective, the life insurers study revealed that workers with a high school education only had the lowest…
ByUS individual life application recovery remains uninspiring
Application activity in the US individual life insurance sector inched up in August, rising 0.7% compared with August 2010, research…
ByLongevity driving innovation in the US
Whether it is combination products built with long-term-care (LTC), or LTC combined with an annuity, todays product tweaks in the…
ByUK enhanced annuity sales rising
Indicating the growing interest in enhanced annuities, professional services firm Towers Watson reports that sales in the second quarter of…
ByUS lawmakers act to stop double-digit rate hikes
Under a new regulation required by the Affordable Care Act, health insurers seeking to increase their rates by 10% or…
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